CarsEnsiklopedia

The average modern car is a marvel of engineering composed of approximately 30,000 individual parts, yet it spends about 95% of its lifetime parked and stationary. While we often view the transition to electric vehicles as a futuristic shift, history shows we are actually coming full circle; in the year 1900, nearly one-third of all vehicles on the road were electric because they were quieter and cleaner than their vibrating, gasoline-powered counterparts. Beyond mechanics, the industry has also been a leader in global safety, most notably when Volvo invented the three-point seatbelt in 1959 and waived their patent rights so that every manufacturer could adopt the life-saving technology for free.